Multiple fatalities after train collides with bus
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Multiple fatalities after train collides with bus

At least six people have died and five been injured after a train collided with a bus in southern Slovakia.

More than 100 people were on board the train, which was on its way from the Czech capital Prague to the Hungarian capital Budapest. None of the five dead were on the train.

Video footage shows the train's engine on fire, and the country's interior minister Matús Sutaj Estok is on his way to the accident site, according to the police.

The accident occurred near the town of Nove Zamky shortly after 5 pm.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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